Australia v West Indies - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Twenty20 - 2nd Semi-Final – West Indies roar in to the final– Live Score and Update
West Indies 205/4 v Australia 131/10 - West Indies won by 74 runs
Australia on Friday, were handed a heavy beating by 74 runs in their ICC World Twenty20 semi-final against West Indies, at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
After being completely outplayed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
Having a history of chasing down even the most intimidating totals, this Australia side if only a shadow of its former self and it was imperative for the top three batsmen to provide their team solid launch pad to come closer to the required target.
With hard-hitting batsmen such as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301 coming out to being the run chase, Australia were in for a serious chance to give the Windies a sweat. However, the Aussies were given a rude welcome when on the last delivery of the opening
over, S Badree, nabbed the wicket of Warner for one. At the time of this wicket, the Aussies had managed to post only two runs on the board.
The demise of Warner was a big blow for the Aussies, putting enormous pressure on the rest of the squad.
With 22 on the board, MN Samuels caught and bowled http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942, who perished after scoring 18 runs.
Meanwhile, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 who struggled with his seven-run knock, was removed by Badree in the fifth over at a time when Australia were sitting on a total of 29.
With things slowly slipping out of Australia’s hands, skipper GJ Bailey and CL White took the score to 42 before White became the next victim, losing his wicket on five runs.
The inclusion of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Hussey-c1380 in place for Maxwell proved a fatal mistake as he perished without scoring.
MS Wade was then the next Aussie batsman to walk back to the pavilion, leaving his team standing on 43 runs.
With the asking run rate reaching the point of no return, PJ Cummins held his end while his skipper hit some spectacular sixes – which was just exhibiting his hitting abilities more than anything else – as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 knew they could not save the game.
Australia crumbled on 131, with Bailey as their best batsman for smacking 63 runs off 29 deliveries.
Gayle was named as the Player of the Match for his unbeaten innings of 75 runs.
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